Attribution of responsibility: From man the scientist to man as lawyer

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue C, 1980, Pages 81-138

  Fincham, Frank D ^a   Jaspars, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957076081     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60131-8     Document Type: Article

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